What is tesamorelin used for?

Its FDA approved use, as Egrifta, is reducing excess visceral fat in people with HIV associated lipodystrophy, backed by randomized trials covering over 800 participants. It is separately being studied, not yet approved, for cognitive effects in older adults at elevated risk for Alzheimer's disease. Uses outside those two contexts go beyond its established evidence.

Educational use only. This database summarizes published research and is not medical advice. Where a dose appears it is a record of what a trial or clinic ran, or what people describe doing, with its source attached. Nothing here is a recommendation for personal use.

Part of growth hormone secretagogues. Sermorelin, tesamorelin, ipamorelin, CJC-1295, and the rest of the GHRH and ghrelin receptor family.